Lower-income Ohioans can now get $120 to cover kids’ meals while school’s out for the summer
The new Summer EBT program helps families buy groceries in June, July and August, when free or reduced-price school meals aren't available.
by Jeremy Pelzer
cleveland.com/news/2024/05/l…

New Cleveland schools teachers contract includes cellphone ban, raises and parental leave
The district has said it's mulling putting a levy on the ballot this fall.
by Conor Morris
ideastream.org/education/2024…

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With only a few days of notice, quite a crowd assembled tonight in Medina to talk about HB445 and religious release time. Lots of concerns and questions about student safety and guardrails. Honesty For Ohio Education & Red Wine and Blue

Read through our growing list of questions this bill currently fails to answer: tinyurl.com/4zrwnkne

No one should be punished at work or school for natural hairstyles

No one should feel forced to use harmful chemicals to change the hair that grows naturally on their head

Make 3 quick calls to help pass HB 178 through committee!
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🚨Frank LaRose has announced another round of voter purges ahead of the 2024 Presidential election🚨

The list will be available by May 31, so be prepared to check your status & make sure you're still on the voter rolls.

📢If you have been purged, you must re-register by Oct 7!

An environment ‘ripe for abuse’
Warren County school sues Education Department after scathing investigation
Superintendent calls state findings ‘malpractice’ for students with mental health conditions
by Keith Biery Golick
wcpo.com/news/local-new…

AKRON, Ohio — Akron Public Schools announced plans to cut $24 million -- and in order to rectify the budget, the district says it has to eliminate 285 temporary / vacant positions.
wkyc.com/article/news/e…

The prominence of school vouchers continues to surge across the country — but they might not benefit the families who need them the most.
'The data emerging from Arizona provide plenty of reasons for concern.'
by Ayelet Sheffey
businessinsider.com/private-school…

Toledo Blade Editorial:
A bill awaiting action in the General Assembly would abolish the third-grade reading guarantee. Passage of this bill will be a significant step in rebuilding literacy education in Ohio schools.
toledoblade.com/opinion/editor…

Tired of being asked to approve Ohio school levies? Some districts argue it’s because of House Bill 920, a state law passed in 1976 that essentially locks many school districts’ tax levies in at the same rate as when they were passed.
by Conor Morris
wvxu.org/2024-05-13/tir…

What’s at the bottom of the state teachers retirement dispute between reformers and Gov. DeWine?
by Laura Hancock
cleveland.com/news/2024/05/w…

Washington — Schools across the country are announcing teacher and staff layoffs as districts brace for the end of a pandemic aid package that delivered the largest one-time federal investment in K-12 education.
cnn.com/2024/05/11/pol…

Cell phone policy bill gets support from major teachers' union
“I hear from teachers across the state all of the time, how frustrated they are, with the way cell phones distract from learning'
-Scott DiMauro, president, Ohio Education Association
woub.org/2024/05/10/ohi…

Those who believe EdChoice vouchers, Education Savings Accounts, and Tuition Tax Credits can co-exist with the public common school system are not acquainted with the actual motivation and current act: conta.cc/3Wt55ou

🎉Great news! HB 178 is scheduled for a 4th hearing!

This bipartisan bill would ban discrimination against #NaturalHair styles in #Ohio schools, workplaces, and more

📲Use this template to help pass HB 178: tinyurl.com/27af8ktv

legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/13…

Opinion
Public funds for private purposes
How vouchers are undermining democracy
Please show up at future school board meeting & ask what they are going to do about a bully whose goal is to wreck public education & the community they nurture
by Denis Smith
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/05/10/pub…